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Android Developer

Farringdon
3 weeks ago
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Avanti Recruitment has a new and exciting opportunity for a talented Android Engineer to join a fast-growing fintech business operating in the luxury payments and expense management sector.

This company is developing a cutting-edge financial platform providing high-end clients with multi-currency accounts, Visa Infinite debit cards, and advanced expense tracking tools.

The business is part of a wider technology group led by a serial entrepreneur with in-house product, design, and engineering teams driving multiple digital ventures, including this flagship fintech product.

You’ll join a small, highly skilled engineering team to complete and launch the Android app, before contributing to ongoing product enhancements and feature development.

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity to make an immediate impact. The Android app is in the final stages of testing, your focus will be on final UAT, bug fixing, and feature delivery, helping bring the product to launch.

Post-launch, you’ll play a key role in building new capabilities and potentially helping transition the platform to React Native for unified mobile and web delivery.

The company embraces modern Android development practices, using Kotlin, HILT, Jetpack Compose, and Material 3 to deliver an elegant, scalable experience.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain, and optimise the Android application using Kotlin and modern Android SDKs

  • Implement dependency injection with HILT to manage scalable app architecture

  • Build intuitive, responsive UIs using Jetpack Compose and Material 3

  • Collaborate closely with backend and product teams to deliver seamless features

  • Ensure reliability through unit, integration, and UI testing (JUnit, Espresso, Mockito, BrowserStack)

  • Participate in code reviews and contribute to CI/CD pipelines

  • Optimise app performance and user experience

  • Stay up to date with the latest Android tools, frameworks, and industry trends

    Key Skills & Experience

  • Strong Android development experience

  • Proficient in Kotlin (with solid grounding in Java)

  • Hands-on experience with HILT for dependency injection

  • Skilled in Jetpack Compose and ideally Material 3

  • Strong understanding of MVVM architecture and multi-activity/fragment structures

  • Experience integrating APIs and backend services

  • Familiar with CI/CD, Git workflows, and collaborative development environments

  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail

  • Self-starter who thrives in a distributed, remote-first team

    Desirable

  • Experience in fintech, payments, or financial services

  • Familiarity with React Native or cross-platform app development

  • Understanding of multi-currency user flows (GBP, EUR, USD)

  • Awareness of UI/UX principles for mobile financial products

    Why Join

  • Be part of a fintech at launch stage, shaping a product from near-completion to live release

  • Work with a technically strong, collaborative team across Android, iOS, and backend engineering

  • Use the latest Android technologies (HILT, Jetpack Compose, Material 3)

  • Fully remote role with autonomy and flexibility

  • Potential long-term opportunity as the platform evolves into React Native and web

    Salary is £60,000 - £75,000.

    If you are interested in this position then click Apply Now

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